Section 1
What two jobs did women do on a bonanza farm?
Cooks and Maids
Marquis de Mores
The standard pay for workers on a bonanza farm who worked most of the year
$15-$20
What did the bonanza farms prove about farming? (2 things)
The land was fertile and spring wheat could be grown.
Who was the first in the chain of command on a bonanza farm?
Headquarters
What one crop did bonanza farms raise?
Spring Wheat
T. Roosevelt
How much could a man earn during threshing season?
$1.75-$2.50 a day
In 1870, how was the problem of milling spring solved?
A slower, looser grinding of the flower.
What year were the blizzards that closed the meat packing plant?
1886-1887
What work was done in July on a bonanza farm?
Haying
The father of bonanza farming
James B. Power
What cut the wheat and tied it into bundles?
Binders
What 2 developments helped prove that ND was a suitable place to live and make a living?
1. new way to mill spring wheat
2. bonanza farms
Why was the first bonanza farm set up by Cass and Chaney?
To prove land was fertile and you could make money farming there.
What book convinced many Easterners to put up money for the cattle ranches in ND?
The Beef Bonanza
Oliver Dalrymple
What are two businesses that the Marquis de Mores was involved in besides the meat packing plant?
Salman Shipping
Stagecoach Line
Why did the meat packing plant come to a close?
Blizzards of 1886-1887 killed many cattle.
What eventually happened to most bonanza farms?
Acres were broken into smaller portions of land and sold
Grasslands in what states were wearing out from overgrazing?
Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming
Author of "The Beef Bonanza"
James E. Brisheen
Near what town was the first bonanza farm?
Casselton
Name 3 farm buildings, other than the headquarters farm that could be found on any bonanza farm.
Shop
granaries
machine shed
barns
By what year had the Badlands become a nationally known beef producing area?